'We could not help noticing, however, that dilapidation and vandalism were proceeding apace: one building after another falling into ruins, walls crumbling down, and roofs collapsing on the top of decayed colonnades.' (The Lama Temple Potala of Jehol). The city of Jehol is now known as Chengde and in 1956, Jehol province became part of Hebei province.